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Book cover for Yannick Monget: The World Tomorrow

The World Tomorrow : Scenarios of Global Catastrophe

Yannick Monget
Hardcover - $39.95

Is planet Earth headed for a climatic catastrophe? Using the most up-to-date, most sophisticated technical photographic effects, here is a mind-numbing, awesomely stunning re-creation of six scenarios of our planets future.

Book cover for Janet Horowitz Murray: Hamlet on the Holodeck

Hamlet on the Holodeck : The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

Janet Horowitz Murray
Paperback - $51.95

Acclaimed by practitioners and theorists alike, this classic statement of the aesthetics of digital media shows how the computer is reshaping the stories we live by.

Book cover for Netherlands Scientific Council for Gover: Media Policy for the Digital Age

Media Policy for the Digital Age :

Netherlands Scientific Council for Gover
Paperback - $65.95

Traditionally, the Netherlands has enjoyed status as a test market for new media. But in the past decade, such innovations have been severely hampered by questions about the future of public broadcasting. This issue has led to abundant political gran ...

Book cover for Conor Cruise OBrien: On the Eve of the Millennium

On the Eve of the Millennium : The Future of Democracy Through an Age of Unreason

Conor Cruise OBrien
Hardcover - $31.95

A distinguished statesman and man of letters deplores the mounting attacks on Enlightenment values that jeopardize the very survival of the democratic institutions they inspired. Enlivening his grim predictions with dry wit, O'Brien nevertheless conv ...

Book cover for Sean OShea: The Millennium Myth

The Millennium Myth : The Ever-Ending Story

Sean OShea
Paperback - $31.95

Millennium. The ominous connotations of this word are felt throughout almost every culture and religion, yielding instant comprehension of terrors to come. Why and how did this universally recognized event find its way into our cultural consciousness ...

Book cover for Faith Popcorn: Dictionary of the Future

Dictionary of the Future : The Words, Terms, and Trends That Define the Way We'll Live....

Faith Popcorn
Hardcover - $58.95

Our fast-changing world is developing new words and new language at breathtaking speed. Now, Faith Popcorn, futurist extraordinaire, and Adam Hanft, writer and communications savant, have created the first-ever Dictionary of the Future -- a unique, e ...

Book cover for Virginia I. Postrel: The Future and Its Enemies

The Future and Its Enemies : The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress

Virginia I. Postrel
Paperback - $26.95

A passionate proponent of the dynamic approach, Postrel analyzes how true progress stems from the ideas of individuals unencumbered by nostalgia for the past or the static assumptions and bureaucratic rules of the present.

Book cover for Daniel Quinn: Beyond Civilization

Beyond Civilization : Humanity's Next Great Adventure

Daniel Quinn
Paperback - $21.95

In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes, but we're convinced that there must be only one ...

Book cover for Marian Salzman: Next Now

Next Now : Trends for the Future

Marian Salzman
Paperback - $27.95

The long awaited follow-up to the business bestseller "Next--"which forecasts the major trends of tomorrow

Book cover for Marian Salzman: Next Now

Next Now : Trends for the Future

Marian Salzman
Hardcover - $42.95

From the world-renowned trendspotting duo who has predicted everything from metrosexuality to the growth of global brands comes a new, enlightening look at the future. Based on intensive research and interviews as well as the authors' real-world and ...

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